Monitoring Reasons for Encounter via an Electronic Patient Record System: the Case of a Rural Practice Initiative
<p>The objective of this brief communication was to tabulate common reasons for encounter in a Greek rural general practice, as result of a recently adopted electronic patient record (EPR) application. Twenty encounter reasons accounted for 3,797 visits (61% of all patient encounters), whereas...
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| author | Spyridon Klinis, Adelais Markaki, Dimitrios Kounalakis, Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis |
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| description | <p>The objective of this brief communication was to tabulate common reasons for encounter in a Greek rural general practice, as result of a recently adopted electronic patient record (EPR) application. Twenty encounter reasons accounted for 3,797 visits (61% of all patient encounters), whereas 565 other reasons accounted for the remaining 2,429 visits (39%). Number one reason for encounter was health maintenance or disease prevention seeking services, including screening examinations for malignancies, immunization and provision of medical opinion reports. Hypertension, lipid disorder and ischemic heart disease without angina were among the most common reasons for seeking care. A strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats (SWOT) analysis on the key role of an EPR system in collecting data from rural and remote primary health care settings is also presented.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b2a03dd57670486c8adecc6be23e656f2022-12-22T03:13:26ZengIvyspring International PublisherInternational Journal of Medical Sciences1449-19072012-01-0198704707Monitoring Reasons for Encounter via an Electronic Patient Record System: the Case of a Rural Practice InitiativeSpyridon Klinis, Adelais Markaki, Dimitrios Kounalakis, Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis<p>The objective of this brief communication was to tabulate common reasons for encounter in a Greek rural general practice, as result of a recently adopted electronic patient record (EPR) application. Twenty encounter reasons accounted for 3,797 visits (61% of all patient encounters), whereas 565 other reasons accounted for the remaining 2,429 visits (39%). Number one reason for encounter was health maintenance or disease prevention seeking services, including screening examinations for malignancies, immunization and provision of medical opinion reports. Hypertension, lipid disorder and ischemic heart disease without angina were among the most common reasons for seeking care. A strengths/weaknesses/opportunities/threats (SWOT) analysis on the key role of an EPR system in collecting data from rural and remote primary health care settings is also presented.</p>http://www.medsci.org/v09p0704.htm |
| spellingShingle | Spyridon Klinis, Adelais Markaki, Dimitrios Kounalakis, Emmanouil K. Symvoulakis Monitoring Reasons for Encounter via an Electronic Patient Record System: the Case of a Rural Practice Initiative International Journal of Medical Sciences |
| title | Monitoring Reasons for Encounter via an Electronic Patient Record System: the Case of a Rural Practice Initiative |
| title_full | Monitoring Reasons for Encounter via an Electronic Patient Record System: the Case of a Rural Practice Initiative |
| title_fullStr | Monitoring Reasons for Encounter via an Electronic Patient Record System: the Case of a Rural Practice Initiative |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monitoring Reasons for Encounter via an Electronic Patient Record System: the Case of a Rural Practice Initiative |
| title_short | Monitoring Reasons for Encounter via an Electronic Patient Record System: the Case of a Rural Practice Initiative |
| title_sort | monitoring reasons for encounter via an electronic patient record system the case of a rural practice initiative |
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